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Drop Everything And Watch The Epic Super Bowl Halftime Show

Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, and 50 Cent all crammed onto the stage and delivered one of the best performances in years.

by Jules LeFevre  14 February 2022
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This year’s Super Bowl Halftime show has been labelled one of the best ever, with a stacked line-up of legends taking to the stage in Los Angeles.

Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar tore through a set of greatest hits, joined — at one point — by 50 Cent, who popped up for ‘In Da Club’. Anderson .Paak was also on drum duties throughout the entire performance.

With the stage set up as a house and studio, the team opened with Dre and Snoop’s ‘The Next Episode’, before moving into ‘In Da Club’, after which Mary J. Blige came on for ‘Family Affair’ and ‘No More Drama’. Lamar dropped ‘m.a.a.d. city’ and ‘Alright’, before Eminem — after taking a knee in support of Colin Kaepernick — threw out ‘Lose Yourself’.

It was hailed as one of the best in recent years — let’s be real, the less said about Maroon 5 the better — with Mary J. Blige, in particular, completely tearing up the stage.

Amazingly, in a recent interview, Blige revealed she wasn’t actually paid for her appearance. “Listen, you’re gonna be paid for the rest of your life off of this,” she told The Cruz Show, as per Spin. “People are gonna be knocking at your doors. They don’t have to pay me, but if they was paying it would be a lot of money.”

As for the reactions to the whole thing in general, this was pretty much the sentiment:

Watch the full performance below — you will need to click through to YouTube.